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BRUSH LKER.

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GEORGE J. BRENAN, OE TROY, NEYV YORK.

BRUSH-Locken.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,9] 1, datedSeptember 13, 1887.

Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 228,914. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. BRENNAN, a resident of the city of Troy,in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Brush-Lockers; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the 1etters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in brushflockers, and it consistsof the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

The objects of the invention are fully set forth in the followingdescription.

Figure l of the drawings is a top plan View of one end of my improveddevice. The other end, being essentially the same, is broken away andnot shown. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof locking rod. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig.l. Eig. 5 is a vertical crosssection taken at the broken line X X inFigs. l and 4.

The proprietors of paint-shops are subjected to great annoyance as wellas pecuniary loss on account of the destruction and loss of paintbrushes:furnished their employs, by reason of the negligence and carelessnessof the latter. After brushes have been once used and lled with paintthey will quickly harden and become unfit for use unless immersed inwater while not in use, and when theemploys are permitted to selecttheir brushes each day from a common stock they become careless in theiruse and often throw away comparatively new brushes.

parts in thev shown by the rods a.

ploy enjoys the exclusive use of the particular set of brushes allottedto him, and can be held accountable for their condition from time totime.v

rlhe tank A, adapted to hold water, (shown by broken lines in Fig. 5,)is provided with cross-bars B, secured to the opposite vertical walls ofthe tank. The cross-bars are each provided with a series of pins, O,projecting right-angularly therefrom. Each pin is adapt-y ed to supportone brush, the brushes having their handles perforated to receive thepins, the latter being shown somewhat exaggerated in size. After thebrushes have been hung upon the supporting-pins the locking-rods a,hinged at one end to the tank, are swung from an open position-as thatshown by rod a. to that The swinging ends of the rods are provided withany of the wellknown means for locking them to the side of the tankopposite the side upon which the rod is hinged-as an eye, c2, adapted toslip on over the staple b, which receives the padlock d, as shown. Therod may be of any convenient form or material, and is arranged to crossthe ends of the pins just above them, as shown, and prevent the removalof any of the brushes from the pins. The pin-holes in the handles of thebrushes may be inserted by the employ with any small gimlet. The depthto which the individual brushes are immersed will vary with the locationof the pin-hole. The higher the hole in the handle the greater the depthof immersion, as shown in Fig. 5.

The cross-bars may have a single row of pins projecting from one side ofthe crossbars B, or they may have two rows of oppositelyprojecting pins,as shown in cross-bars B', and the brushes be secured thereon by adouble rod, e e, secured by a single staple and lock, thus putting tworows of pins under control of one lock.

The pins upon several sets of rods inay have the brushes locked thereonby means of a common locking-rod, E, which is passed through thelocking-staples after their respective hinged rods have been closedthereon, as shown in Figs. l and 4. The rod E is provided with an eye,F, which is slipped over a staple secured to the tank and locked thereonby a padlock, f;

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but Where the brushes are in frequent or daily use I prefer thearrangements previously described.

' I am thus able to cheaply providein a common tank, which can be easilyand quickly inspected at all times, a separate locker for each employ.

When desired, the several sections or rows of pins can be numbered, asshown in Fig. 3, and the keys hung upon correspondingly-numbered hooksin the office, to be given out to the proper employ when he begins hisWork for the day or season. In this Way each employ can be heldresponsible for. the tools committed to his care, or if the employ ownshis own tools he will not be subjected to the annoyance and dangerresulting from their use by fellow-employes.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

V'Ihe combination, with a Water-tank provided interiorly with a row ofhorizontallyprojecting brush-supporting pins, of a hinged locking-rodvibratory in a vertical plane,which intersects the projecting points ofthe pins, to 2 5 and from the pins, and means, substantially asdescribed, for locking the rod upon the pins.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day ofFebruary, 1887.

GEORGE J. BRENNAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. Mosman, L. M. FOSTER.

